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Genus

Ileopeltus Cwikla, 1988

Habitus, dorsal view on Ileopeltus Cwikla, 1988: Ileopeltus tethys, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Ileopeltus Cwikla, 1988: Ileopeltus tethys, dorsal habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Ileopeltus Cwikla, 1988: Ileopeltus tethys, lateral habitus (INHS). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Ileopeltus Cwikla, 1988: Stylus and sugential plate, dorsally. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Ileopeltus Cwikla, 1988: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Ileopeltus Cwikla, 1988: Sternite VII. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Ileopeltus Cwikla, 1988b: 43.

    type species by original designation Chlorotettix tethys Van Duzee, 1907

  • Ileopeltus Cwikla, 1988 (classified as Pendarini Dmitriev, 2009) in Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013a: 142.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Cwikla, P.S. (1988b) A new genus, Ileopeltus, related to Chlorotettix (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 12, 43–60.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45

Type

type species by original designation of Ileopeltus Cwikla, 1988

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: ἵλεος (gentle) + πέλτη, πέλτης (small shield)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species1301023